From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: L. ocellatus
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
Hi again,
We've bred ocellatus. They're fun! Not too difficult, just keep in
regular tanganyika conditions (hard water, temp 77-80). We use shallow
tanks for our shell-dwellers (like 20-longs) with sand (home depot sand)
on the bottom, maybe 1" deep, and an assortment of shells for them to
choose. We sometimes substitute PVC "els" with caps for the shells, as
you can dismantle them when bringing fish to sell.
I missed seeing ocellatus, but do remember watching a colony of L.
(actually N.) multifasciatus go. They're cool too, but totally different
looking.
A few years ago we had the distinguished Dr. Peter Lewis talk at our club,
and his whole presentation was on Tanganyika shell-dwellers. The talk is
in our library in VHS form, soon to be supplemented with DVDs (coming to
the GSAS library near you). It is unfortunately the only way you can see
this talk as Dr. Lewis unexpectedly passed away in 2002.
- Erik
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Holly wrote:
> Does anybody in the group breed L. ocellatus? I think some were sold at
the
> auction the other night. I never saw them peep out of their shells
though.
> I don't need them right away but I'm interested in getting a few juvies
at
> some point. Has anybody seen them at the LFS? Thank :)
>
> Holly ~
>
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